RECRuiting process overview - ncsa sports
“Remember if you are sending out information about yourself and you are not in the summer before your junior year in HS. Send your Coach, Trainer or recruiting coordinators contact information or all three. The Colleges can’t talk directly to you before then but they can get a message to you through one of your contacts and invite you for a visit or ask to have you call them. This is very important to get things moving for you.”
An overview of the volleyball recruiting process
Here’s a quick overview of all the steps involved in the recruiting process. While some of these might shift around based on each family’s unique recruiting journey, these are the major checkpoints along the way:
Discuss as a family if college sports are right for your athlete and determine if your family is ready to start the recruiting process.
Determine what division levels to target, based on athletic and academic goals, as well as social and cultural fit.
Research schools and create a target list of 20–30 colleges and universities to reach out to.
Create at least one volleyball recruiting video that can be sent to coaches of interest.
Contact coaches at targeted schools and respond to all coach communications.
Attend tournaments, camps and combines that will help get more exposure to college coaches and give them an opportunity to watch you compete in person.
Go visit college campuses and meet with coaches in person.
Complete NCAA and/or NAIA academic eligibility requirements and send the appropriate documentation to those organizations.
Start receiving offers and determining how much financial aid is needed to attend each school that offered a roster spot.
Choose the favorite university and commit! Work with the coach on scholarship details and if they have a National Letter of Intent (or an equivalent) that needs to be signed.